Precalculus by Richard Wright

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Chapter 7: Analytic Geometry and Conic Sections

Conic sections are formed from intersections of a plane and a cone. They include lines, parabolas, ellipses, circles, and hyperbolas. Conic sections model many things in the real world. For example, the shape of a planet's path as it orbits the sun is an ellipse.

7-01 Lines

7-02 Parabolas

7-03 Ellipses and Circles

7-04 Hyperbolas

7-05 Rotated Conics

7-06 Parametric Equations

7-07 Polar Coordinates

7-08 Graphs of Polar Equations

7-09 Polar Equations of Conics

7-Review